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Narrator Listen to part of a lecture in a sociology class. Now get
Narrator Listen to part of a lecture in a sociology class. Now get
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2024-01-04
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问题
Narrator
Listen to part of a lecture in a sociology class.
Now get ready to answer the questions. You may use your notes to help you answer. [br] What is NOT true according to the talk?
Professor
In recent years, there have been important social and economic changes in the United States, and these changes have affected almost all of America’s housing system, from home building to home buying.
First of all, American families are growing smaller. People today are having fewer children or choosing not to have children at all. Many people are marrying later in life, and about 40% of all American marriages end in divorce.
All this means that many Americans now want smaller houses. And, a large percentage is buying apartments.
This has created a shortage of rental housing in many parts of the country. It has caused special difficulties for those who are old or poor, and do not have the money to buy a place of their own.
Some people are solving this problem by forming cooperatives. In a cooperative, everyone in an apartment building joins together and buys a share of the building. If 20% of those living in the cooperative have low earnings, then the group can get a low-interest loan from the government. If people want to sell their share in the cooperative, they can not receive more than they paid for it. This helps keep the cost of cooperatives low.
Recent concern over the cost of energy also has brought changes in American housing. Some people are moving back to the cities, to save on the cost of driving long distances to work. Additionally, many Americans have begun to seek homes that cost almost nothing to heat, because the temperature of the earth changes very little as the season changes.
Other new houses get their energy from the sun. During the day, heat from sunlight is collected through windows on the south side of the house. At night, the windows are covered, and the collected warmth heats the home.
Recently, the American economy has also had a major effect on American housing. Inflation has pushed the cost of homes higher and higher. And, interest rates have become very high. Buyers now must pay as much as 18% interest for housing loans.
Americans with just moderate earnings now find it very difficult to make monthly payments on a new home. In the last few months, even apartments have become too costly for most people to buy.
These developments have brought about a crisis in America’s housing industry. Officials say that homes now are selling only half as fast as they do in a good year.
Many home building companies are closing. Unemployment in that industry is now more than 16 percent—much higher than most other American industries.
Officials in the housing industry have taken some steps to end this crisis. Banks are permitting people to make lower monthly payments when they move into new houses; then, they increase the payments at a late time.
Some builders are helping buyers pay the high interest rates on their mortgages. Builders say they are not earning any money this way. However, at least they are surviving this way.
Builders are also looking for ways to put together houses at a lower cost. One way is to build as much of the house as possible in a factory. Some house—called mobile home—are made completely in factories, and then transported to the buyer.
选项
A、The changes in family size have affected the size of houses.
B、One out of four married couples divorce in America.
C、In the U.S. , many people would rather rent’an apartment than buy a house.
D、People form cooperatives in order to spend less money on houses.
答案
B
解析
本题为细节题,考查考生对听力材料中细节或事实的理解,并要求找出与所阐述事实不符的选项。考生对听力材料中的数字应保持敏感。讲座中说到“about 40% of all American marriages end in divorce(美国有大约40%的婚姻以离婚而告终)”,而并非四分之一,故选B。
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